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abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite efforts at standardization, evaluation and reporting of clerkships remains highly variable. This study reviews the current spectrum of surgical clerkship grading. METHODS:Data were reviewed for every medical school from which an application was received to a single surgery residency program in 2017 ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Brownstein MR,Shen MR,Strassle PD,Meyers MO

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) is a minimally invasive technique for full-thickness excision of benign and malignant rectal neoplasms located 4 to 24 cm above the anal verge. Entrance into the peritoneal cavity during TEM has been regarded as a complication that mandates conversion to open laparotomy f...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Gavagan JA,Whiteford MH,Swanstrom LL

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of systems analysis and flow charting technics to abdominal incision and closure allow a complete display of objectives and alternatives. A route of alternatives has been chosen and supported by the best available principles in the surgical literature. The choices include an unconventional large bite m...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Martyak SN,Curtis LE

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies on the efficacy of primary treatments for ductal carcinoma-in-situ (DCIS) have focused on local recurrence rates. Our objective was to detail the outcomes of local invasive recurrence, distant recurrence, and breast cancer mortality in patients previously treated for DCIS. METHODS:Clinical,...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Lee LA,Silverstein MJ,Chung CT,Macdonald H,Sanghavi P,Epstein M,Holmes DR,Silberman H,Ye W,Lagios MD

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Review of the diagnosis and treatment of patients with pancreatic pseudocysts over the past 8 years has led us to three conclusions regarding controversial aspects of their treatment. We found that patients who present with chronic pseudocysts can be identified with the help of computerized axial tomography and prompt...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mullins RJ,Malangoni MA,Bergamini TM,Casey JM,Richardson JD

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared with total parenteral nutrition, enteral feeding via jejunostomy reduces septic complications in patients with severe trauma. However, violation of the bowel with insertion of a jejunostomy tube may increase the risk of intra-abdominal abscess (IAA), particularly if no simultaneous gastrointestinal tract inju...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Dent D,Kudsk KA,Minard G,Fabian T,Nguyen T,Pritchard E,Pate L,Croce M

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven patients presented with chronic pancreatitis localized upstream to a complete stenosis of the main pancreatic duct in its median part. This stenosis seemed to be secondary to the healing of a necrotic pseudocyst after either acute pancreatitis (four patients) or blunt abdominal trauma (three patients). In five p...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Laugier R,Camatte R,Sarles H

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven patients who had typical and persistent symptoms of gallbladder disease but repeatedly normal oral cholecystograms were seen in an 18 month period. Ultrasound examination of the gallbladder was diagnostic of cholelithiasis in all seven patients. Six patients were found to have gallstones at operation, and the se...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： McCluskey PL,Prinz RA,Guico R,Greenlee HB

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic parastomal hernia repair can be technically challenging. We herein present a simplified technique of laparoscopic parastomal hernia repair. METHODS:This technique entails fixation of the rolled mesh to the anterior abdominal wall before unfolding it, each side of the mesh is unfolded and fixed ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Saber AA,Rao AJ,Rao CA,Elgamal MH

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of stereotactic fine-needle aspiration cytology (SFNAC) in the diagnosis of nonpalpable breast lesions is poorly defined. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Data were prospectively collected from 225 consecutive patients with nonpalpable breast lesions who had aspiration cytology followed by immediate surgical e...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Sarfati MR,Fox KA,Warneke JA,Fajardo LL,Hunter GC,Rappaport WD

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred eleven patients who had undergone surgery for benign anorectal disease under spinal anesthesia were studied retrospectively to determine the incidence of postoperative urinary retention requiring catheterization and to assess possible influences on that incidence. The age group and sex of the patients did ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Petros JG,Bradley TM

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tube pancreatostomy for complete external drainage of pancreatic juice following pancreatoduodenectomy and a subsequent second-stage pancreatojejunostomy were carried out in four high-risk patients without morbidity. This procedure avoids the fatal outcome associated with pancreatojejunal anastomotic leakage following...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Miyagawa S,Makuuchi M,Kawasaki S,Ogiwara M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presentation, surgical management, and clinical outcome in 153 patients with biliary pancreatitis has been reviewed. Only 37 percent of our patients demonstrated any of Ranson's 11 prognostic signs of severe pancreatitis, and only 3 percent had 3 or more signs. Fourteen patients underwent emergency operation withi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Frei GJ,Frei VT,Thirlby RC,McClelland RN

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urinary retention following inguinal hernia surgery is common and is believed to be associated with adrenergic over-stimulation of the smooth muscle in the bladder neck and prostate. The efficacy of prophylactic alpha-blockade in the prevention of urinary retention following elective inguinal hernia repair i...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Clancy C,Coffey JC,O'Riordain MG,Burke JP

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peritoneal macrophages play an important role in the immune response after abdominal operations. The stress response after these operations has been associated with impaired phagocytosis by peritoneal macrophages. This study examined the influence of minimally invasive techniques and preoperative corticoster...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Schmelzer TM,Heath JJ,Hope WW,Mostafari A,Novitsky YW,Heniford BT

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A critical outcome analysis of a large, single-institution experience provides a better frame of reference for an assessment of the role of laparoscopic colectomy for colorectal pathology. METHODS:Review of a prospectively gathered database was performed of a consecutive series of laparoscopic colectomy pat...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Senagore AJ,Delaney CP

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy (SLNB) is an accurate and proven axillary staging procedure for early breast cancer. The aim of this study was to determine if the "10% rule" is applicable to the performance of SLNB at the investigators' institution and if the criteria used for SLNB at their institution coul...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Dutta R,Kluftinger A,MacLeod M,Kindrachuk G,Baliski C

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thirty-five percent of hemodialysis patients with polytetrafluoroethylene grafts lose their access secondary to infection. We hypothesized that partial graft excision (PGE) for infection increases the incidence of vascular anastomotic complications when compared with total graft excision (TGE). METHODS:The ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Schutte WP,Helmer SD,Salazar L,Smith JL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical efficacy and safety of cefotetan was assessed in two multicenter clinical trials involving 335 evaluable patients hospitalized with obstetric and gynecologic infections. In Study I, cefotetan was compared with moxalactam and in Study II, cefotetan was compared with cefoxitin. The clinical response rate in...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Sweet RL,Gall SA,Gibbs RS,Hemsell DL,Knuppel RA,Lane TW,Miller RD,Newton ER,Poindexter AN,Reguero W

更新日期：1988-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of hypercalcemia persisting for seven years after kidney transplantation, with normocalcemia being achieved after subtotal parathyriodectomy. The finding of post-transplantation hyperparathyroidism of this extreme duration, in association with several other reports of hyperparathyroidism persisting ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Bigos ST,Neer RM,Goar WT

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique is described for salvage of looped forearm polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) vascular access grafts that fail because of thrombosis due to cephalic vein outflow obstruction. It entails reversal of blood flow direction through the graft and construction of a new venous outflow in the medial upper arm. This pro...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Schulak JA,Lukens ML,Mayes JT

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appendicitis in preschool children is not uncommon. A duration of greater than 40 hours usually implied perforation. The most common findings were abdominal pain, tenderness, temperature elevation and vomiting. In the presence of perforation or abscess formation, appendectomy followed by copious wound irrigation, absc...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Graham JM,Pokorny WJ,Harberg FJ

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5 year retrospective study of the use of cholangioscopy in 153 difficult biliary cases including stones, strictures, tumors, and anomalies has been reported. In the 88 patients (58 percent) who underwent both operative cholangiography and cholangioscopy, the cholangioscope revealed 11 lesions (13 percent) missed by ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Dayton MT,Conter R,Tompkins RK

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This analysis was performed in order to determine whether primary tumor location in breast cancer affects the axillary sentinel lymph node (SLN) identification (ID) rate, the false negative (FN) rate, incidence of axillary nodal metastases, or the number of SLN identified. METHODS:In this prospective multi-...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Chao C,Wong SL,Woo C,Edwards MJ,Tuttle T,Noyes RD,Carlson DJ,Turk P,Simpson D,McMasters KM

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a fourteen year period, diagnostic peritoneal lavage was 98.5 per cent accurate in determining the presence or absence of blunt intraabdominal injuries among 2,586 patients. Of these, 69.4 per cent had a negative lavage and 29.2 per cent a positive lavage. Six patients (0.2 per cent) had a false-positive lavage...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Fischer RP,Beverlin BC,Engrav LH,Benjamin CI,Perry JF Jr

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three distinct forms of postoperative breakdown after Nissen fundoplication have been discussed. Disruption and recurrent reflux is most common, with slipping occurring infrequently. For the first time, three patients developing a proximal gastric pouch deformity causing partial obstruction of the fundus without recur...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Saik RP,Greenburg AG,Peskin GW

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate intraoperative diagnosis of axillary malignancy facilitates completion axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) at the time of initial surgery. The capability to address both the primary tumor and axillary disease in a single procedure offers several advantages. This study was designed to define the pr...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mullenix PS,Carter PL,Martin MJ,Steele SR,Scott CL,Walts MJ,Beitler AL

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumomediastinum following blunt trauma is often observed on CT imaging, and concern for associated aerodigestive injury often prompts endoscopy and/or fluoroscopy. In recent years, adoption of multi-detector CT technology has resulted in high resolution images that may clearly identify aerodigestive injuri...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Matthees NG,Mankin JA,Trahan AM,Israr S,Jones MD,Dameworth JL,Petersen SR,Weinberg JA

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was designed to compare short-term laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) with open total gastrectomy (OTG) outcomes in gastric cancer. METHODS:Seventy patients who underwent total gastrectomy via LTG or OTG were included. All cases were matched for stage, age, and sex by means of statistically gen...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Shim JH,Oh SI,Yoo HM,Jeon HM,Park CH,Song KY

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A gender-neutral threshold aneurysm diameter (AD) of more than 5.5 cm for surgical intervention in abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) ignores the fact that women have a smaller baseline AD. We hypothesized that women have a greater AD relative to body surface area (BSA) at the time of surgery and that this wor...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Matyal R,Shakil O,Hess PE,Lo R,Jainandunsing JS,Mahmood B,Hartman GS,Schermerhorn ML,Mahmood F

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00